St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-02
TEE HONORED DEAD.
How People Who Knew Him Received the
News Of Gen. Logan's Taking
Off.
They Recognized the Soldier and Senator
as Firm Friend or Magnani-
nous Foe.
Some of the Letters Received by the
Widow From Prominent
People.
Mrs. Cleveland's Kind Words-.Gen.
Sherman's bute--Confeder-
ate TeS tim onialS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-Indescribably
tender are the sentiments which have been
extended to Mrs. Logan in these first lag
ging hours of her widowhood, and which
are still coming in notes and letters from
personal friends of her husband and herself
in all walks of life and from all parts of the
land. These have been kept under her
personal guardianship, her first thought be-
ing that only in her own stricken heart and
i'll those of her children could such words
find appreciation. However, when she has
learned how fully her sorrow is shared by
all the nation. she has listened to the coun-
sci of her family and nearest friends and
has surrendered them to be gathered with
the thousands of kilograms. briefer, but no
less sympathetic, into a memorial volume,
witness of the name and honor accorded
to her husband by the public, as we'll as the
love and esteem with which he filled the
hearts of those who knew him best These
letters are
SOME HUNDREDS IN NUMBER.
They come from church societies and
ministers. from associations, law firms and
lawyers. Widows, through the bond of
their own sufferings. claim the right to share
hers, ana wives write that none but thew
can know how bitter is her sorrow. States
men, generals and diplomats, dropping the
fOrmaltleS of their customary utteranceS
speak in the same sentence OF their own and
the country's loss; and longtime acquaint-
anceS describe last visits, or ever o-be-
remembered occurrences in which the dead
bore part. Many are upon dainty sheets
bearing the mOnogramS in gilt and color of
cultured writers, and more are the homelieE
effusions of humber friends, who filled so
large space in the dead generals heart. But,
throughout the series there is breathed the
same striving in some way to lift for
moment portion of the burden which
weighs upon the widowed heart The fol-
lowing are few of those received:
THE PRESIDENTS WIFE.
Executive Mansion, Washington-My Dear
Mrs. Logan: We are greatly shocked to hear
of the terrible grief which has come to you so
suddenly. Words are but poor comforters in
a trouble like this, butwe wish you to know
that our hearts are filled with deepest SYM
pathy for you. My husband, who is i'll in
bed, joins me most earnestly in my message
of coincidence, and begs me to say that added
to his sympathy for you in your great afflic-
tion is his own grief at the loss of an honored
and esteemed friend. In deepest sympathy,
yonr friend, FRANCES +. CLEVELAND.
New York-My Dear Mrs. Logan: Although
I know how feeble all words of sympathy
must be in this hour of woe, / can't helm
writing O line, only to say how deeply 1 feel
the loss we have all suffered. The country
has lost a true friend, brave soldier and
stauuch patriot. Illinois has lost an able and
trustworthy senator, and you, dear madam,
have lost more than my pen can express.
trust that grateful republic will always
cherish and care for you, and as one of Lo-
| ia
friends, am ever your friend and servant
D SICKLEs.
W. W. BELKNAP.
| Washington-My Dear Mrs. Logan: do not
want to intrude upon the sanctity of the sor-
! row which falls like a burden upon you
| broken heart. But knowing your husband in
| the Army of the Tennessee so thoroughly,
| and in field and fight and march thrown with
| him so often as l was, I can not fail in this
solemn hour to give to you in his memory the
| tribute which is from me. his due. Latterly,
! the cares and anXieties of public life have
| surrounded him, and those who have been
with him in the senate tell to you most truly
| how full of real sorrow is their regret. But.
| l. one of his soldiers, who saw him grow from
| rank to rank in those days of peril and Of
| apprehension for the country's safety, can
! speak to you of him as a cOmrade who has
been with him in danger only can. He was
| ever most gallant in action, ever most tender
| to q fallen enemy, ever most devoted to his
| men, and the tender love which you have
| ever shown for him, is the most thorough
| evidence of his fondneSS for those of his own
| household. No words of mine, Dear Mrs.
Logan, can be your soace. But the thousands
and thousands of his men who mourn with
you to-day give to you the assurance of their
| fond and faithful sympathy. Very sincerely
| yours, WILLIAM w. BELKNAP.
FROM GEN. SHERMAN.
! New York-The morning papers announce
| the painful and dangerous illness of the gen.
| eral and we feel so anxious that would tele-
graph were it not Sunday. write now hop-
| ing that by tomorrow morning, when you
| receive this, the general will be SO far re-
covered as to receive my heartfelt sympathy
| and assurance of profound respect and ap-
| probation. He has been overworked of late.
| What with his books. his congressional labors
| and the heavy calls on his time and brain by
| his old comrades have noticed the change,
and [ add my appeal to that of his best Of
| friends that for time he takes that mea sure
| of rest and recreation which nature demands.
| In any event, wish you to know my ardent
admiration of his wife for her true and faith
| full devotion in all the phases of the general 8
| most brilliant and cventful career. With
| great respect aud affection, most truly yours,
w. T. SHERMAN.
| CONFEDERATE TRIBUTE.
| Headquarters r. E. Lee Camp No. 1, Con-
| federate Veterans, Richmond. Va, Dec. 81
| Dear Madam: In this sad hour you have
| years ago battled with their might against
| the gallant soldier now no more, but whose
| memory will live with us because of the
kindly heart and open hand which prompted
generous aid for our helpless comrades in
| their need. Your most obedient servant,
JOHN MURPHY, Commander.
ARTHUR SPITzER, Adjutant.
Mrs. Logan also received letters from
| Gen. Villas, John G. Nicolay and S. S. Cox
and many others. Capt. George E. Lem
mon, of this city, to-day received the fol-
lowing additional subscriptions to the fund
| for Mrs. Logan: Judge Henry Hilton, of
New York. 81. 600; Whitelaw Reid, D. o.
Mills and c. p. Huntington, of New York,
$1,000; G. l.. Magee, of Pittsburg, 5000;
John A. King, of New York, $1OO, making
a total of about $4,000.
Irish Affairs.
DUBLIN, Jan. 1.-The procession which
attended unon the ceremony 0f INSTALLING